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Understanding COVID-19 admissions in the UK; Analysis of Freedom of Information Requests

2022-06-06 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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BackgroundThe progression and severity of the COVID 19 pandemic have been measured based on the daily and total numbers of cases, hospitalisations and deaths. We focused on the nature of hospitalisations from 2020 to 2022. MethodsWe analysed the role played by SARS-CoV-2 in the pandemic in the UK; we lodged FOI requests to Public Health Wales (PHW), Scotland (PHS), and Northern Ireland (PHA NI), the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and NHS England. We asked for all-cause hospital admission mon...

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